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@26pglt
ah, context helps a lot here.
When you say ‘neurodivergent’ do you mean:
A) #Allistic (neurotypical and neurodivergent); or
B) Autistic?
I got to learn the meaning of allistic a little while ago and remember this distinction. It’s an important difference in terms of discussions here imo. I’m allistic but neurodivergent (I have not been diagnosed autistic but I’m not neurotypical either).

The above aside, it should not matter what one’s brain circuitry is like, the onus is on the #teacher/#instructor to ensure the #driver/#rider is fully equiped to drive/ride before being licensed to do so. Imagine what would happen if we handed gun licenses the same way that driver licences are currently handed out. A vehicle is just as dangerous as a gun I would argue.

Everyone is different and every one ‘learns’ differently (the bane of teaching I gather from what I hear because of the diverstiy of strategies and learning experiences teaching demands — with bugger all extra staff to cope with the load, but that’s an entirely different matter).

#Testing is an important part sure, but that testing should also come with #PracticalLessons. Something like a #DefensiveDriving course on a dedicated off-street #track in the driver’s own vehicle. Drivers ought to be taught not only the #RoadRules and the mechanical aspects of #operating a specific piece of #machinery (car, Ute, bike, SUV, urban tractor, etc.), they should also be taught *roadcraft* while getting to know their ride and how to handle their own machinery under stress. Etc… and that’s only the beginning. #Roads need to be safer and in good order. #Signage needs to be comprehensive (maybe even electronically connecting with vehicles HUD). And lots more… #Policing needs a total revamp to get the ‘nazis’ off traffic policing, training them to suit the duties involved (they are dealing with people not perpetrators, more visible on-road presence, technolgically up to date, etc. And the speed-mafia ought to shut their trap and concentrate on the real road killer: ‘distraction’.

I do go on when I get started… sry

Just now thinking about technology that would allow a traffic patrol to electronically pair with a vehicle driven by an offender and taking over control to mimic the patrol car’s behaviour, slowing down, pulling off to the side and switching the ignition off (or battery off). No more dangerous and potentially killer pursuits. Dashcam records everything and uploads copies to driver and police alike to ensure impartiality and fairness in law. That sort of thing.

@26pglt
ah, context helps a lot here.
When you say ‘neurodivergent’ do you mean:
A) #Allistic (neurotypical and neurodivergent); or
B) Autistic?
I got to learn the meaning of allistic a little while ago and remember this distinction. It’s an important difference in terms of discussions here imo. I’m allistic but neurodivergent (I have not been diagnosed autistic but I’m not neurotypical either).

The above aside, it should not matter what one’s brain circuitry is like, the onus is on the #teacher/#instructor to ensure the #driver/#rider is fully equiped to drive/ride before being licensed to do so. Imagine what would happen if we handed gun licenses the same way that driver licences are currently handed out. A vehicle is just as dangerous as a gun I would argue.

Everyone is different and every one ‘learns’ differently (the bane of teaching I gather from what I hear because of the diverstiy of strategies and learning experiences teaching demands — with bugger all extra staff to cope with the load, but that’s an entirely different matter).

#Testing is an important part sure, but that testing should also come with #PracticalLessons. Something like a #DefensiveDriving course on a dedicated off-street #track in the driver’s own vehicle. Drivers ought to be taught not only the #RoadRules and the mechanical aspects of #operating a specific piece of #machinery (car, Ute, bike, SUV, urban tractor, etc.), they should also be taught *roadcraft* while getting to know their ride and how to handle their own machinery under stress. Etc… and that’s only the beginning. #Roads need to be safer and in good order. #Signage needs to be comprehensive (maybe even electronically connecting with vehicles HUD). And lots more… #Policing needs a total revamp to get the ‘nazis’ off traffic policing, training them to suit the duties involved (they are dealing with people not perpetrators, more visible on-road presence, technolgically up to date, etc. And the speed-mafia ought to shut their trap and concentrate on the real road killer: ‘distraction’.

I do go on when I get started… sry

Just now thinking about technology that would allow a traffic patrol to electronically pair with a vehicle driven by an offender and taking over control to mimic the patrol car’s behaviour, slowing down, pulling off to the side and switching the ignition off (or battery off). No more dangerous and potentially killer pursuits. Dashcam records everything and uploads copies to driver and police alike to ensure impartiality and fairness in law. That sort of thing.

@26pglt
ah, context helps a lot here.
When you say ‘neurodivergent’ do you mean:
A) #Allistic (neurotypical and neurodivergent); or
B) Autistic?
I got to learn the meaning of allistic a little while ago and remember this distinction. It’s an important difference in terms of discussions here imo. I’m allistic but neurodivergent (I have not been diagnosed autistic but I’m not neurotypical either).

The above aside, it should not matter what one’s brain circuitry is like, the onus is on the #teacher/#instructor to ensure the #driver/#rider is fully equiped to drive/ride before being licensed to do so. Imagine what would happen if we handed gun licenses the same way that driver licences are currently handed out. A vehicle is just as dangerous as a gun I would argue.

Everyone is different and every one ‘learns’ differently (the bane of teaching I gather from what I hear because of the diverstiy of strategies and learning experiences teaching demands — with bugger all extra staff to cope with the load, but that’s an entirely different matter).

#Testing is an important part sure, but that testing should also come with #PracticalLessons. Something like a #DefensiveDriving course on a dedicated off-street #track in the driver’s own vehicle. Drivers ought to be taught not only the #RoadRules and the mechanical aspects of #operating a specific piece of #machinery (car, Ute, bike, SUV, urban tractor, etc.), they should also be taught *roadcraft* while getting to know their ride and how to handle their own machinery under stress. Etc… and that’s only the beginning. #Roads need to be safer and in good order. #Signage needs to be comprehensive (maybe even electronically connecting with vehicles HUD). And lots more… #Policing needs a total revamp to get the ‘nazis’ off traffic policing, training them to suit the duties involved (they are dealing with people not perpetrators, more visible on-road presence, technolgically up to date, etc. And the speed-mafia ought to shut their trap and concentrate on the real road killer: ‘distraction’.

I do go on when I get started… sry

Just now thinking about technology that would allow a traffic patrol to electronically pair with a vehicle driven by an offender and taking over control to mimic the patrol car’s behaviour, slowing down, pulling off to the side and switching the ignition off (or battery off). No more dangerous and potentially killer pursuits. Dashcam records everything and uploads copies to driver and police alike to ensure impartiality and fairness in law. That sort of thing.

@26pglt
ah, context helps a lot here.
When you say ‘neurodivergent’ do you mean:
A) #Allistic (neurotypical and neurodivergent); or
B) Autistic?
I got to learn the meaning of allistic a little while ago and remember this distinction. It’s an important difference in terms of discussions here imo. I’m allistic but neurodivergent (I have not been diagnosed autistic but I’m not neurotypical either).

The above aside, it should not matter what one’s brain circuitry is like, the onus is on the #teacher/#instructor to ensure the #driver/#rider is fully equiped to drive/ride before being licensed to do so. Imagine what would happen if we handed gun licenses the same way that driver licences are currently handed out. A vehicle is just as dangerous as a gun I would argue.

Everyone is different and every one ‘learns’ differently (the bane of teaching I gather from what I hear because of the diverstiy of strategies and learning experiences teaching demands — with bugger all extra staff to cope with the load, but that’s an entirely different matter).

#Testing is an important part sure, but that testing should also come with #PracticalLessons. Something like a #DefensiveDriving course on a dedicated off-street #track in the driver’s own vehicle. Drivers ought to be taught not only the #RoadRules and the mechanical aspects of #operating a specific piece of #machinery (car, Ute, bike, SUV, urban tractor, etc.), they should also be taught *roadcraft* while getting to know their ride and how to handle their own machinery under stress. Etc… and that’s only the beginning. #Roads need to be safer and in good order. #Signage needs to be comprehensive (maybe even electronically connecting with vehicles HUD). And lots more… #Policing needs a total revamp to get the ‘nazis’ off traffic policing, training them to suit the duties involved (they are dealing with people not perpetrators, more visible on-road presence, technolgically up to date, etc. And the speed-mafia ought to shut their trap and concentrate on the real road killer: ‘distraction’.

I do go on when I get started… sry

Just now thinking about technology that would allow a traffic patrol to electronically pair with a vehicle driven by an offender and taking over control to mimic the patrol car’s behaviour, slowing down, pulling off to the side and switching the ignition off (or battery off). No more dangerous and potentially killer pursuits. Dashcam records everything and uploads copies to driver and police alike to ensure impartiality and fairness in law. That sort of thing.

@26pglt
ah, context helps a lot here.
When you say ‘neurodivergent’ do you mean:
A) #Allistic (neurotypical and neurodivergent); or
B) Autistic?
I got to learn the meaning of allistic a little while ago and remember this distinction. It’s an important difference in terms of discussions here imo. I’m allistic but neurodivergent (I have not been diagnosed autistic but I’m not neurotypical either).

The above aside, it should not matter what one’s brain circuitry is like, the onus is on the #teacher/#instructor to ensure the #driver/#rider is fully equiped to drive/ride before being licensed to do so. Imagine what would happen if we handed gun licenses the same way that driver licences are currently handed out. A vehicle is just as dangerous as a gun I would argue.

Everyone is different and every one ‘learns’ differently (the bane of teaching I gather from what I hear because of the diverstiy of strategies and learning experiences teaching demands — with bugger all extra staff to cope with the load, but that’s an entirely different matter).

#Testing is an important part sure, but that testing should also come with #PracticalLessons. Something like a #DefensiveDriving course on a dedicated off-street #track in the driver’s own vehicle. Drivers ought to be taught not only the #RoadRules and the mechanical aspects of #operating a specific piece of #machinery (car, Ute, bike, SUV, urban tractor, etc.), they should also be taught *roadcraft* while getting to know their ride and how to handle their own machinery under stress. Etc… and that’s only the beginning. #Roads need to be safer and in good order. #Signage needs to be comprehensive (maybe even electronically connecting with vehicles HUD). And lots more… #Policing needs a total revamp to get the ‘nazis’ off traffic policing, training them to suit the duties involved (they are dealing with people not perpetrators, more visible on-road presence, technolgically up to date, etc. And the speed-mafia ought to shut their trap and concentrate on the real road killer: ‘distraction’.

I do go on when I get started… sry

Just now thinking about technology that would allow a traffic patrol to electronically pair with a vehicle driven by an offender and taking over control to mimic the patrol car’s behaviour, slowing down, pulling off to the side and switching the ignition off (or battery off). No more dangerous and potentially killer pursuits. Dashcam records everything and uploads copies to driver and police alike to ensure impartiality and fairness in law. That sort of thing.

Golden Apple Hour by Carl's Captures

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I've shared many shots of my Wednesday night hangout, but I think I've somehow missed this unmissable bit of #Neon signage.

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Driver misdirections: Why can’t Apple and Google read this sign in Arlington?

Machine vision has advanced immensely over the last decade, but Apple and Google’s map apps remain functionally illiterate when it comes to a big green sign at the top of an onramp to U.S. 50 eastbound from North Courthouse Road in Arlington.

That sign’s message is reasonably simple compared to some of the signage that I’ve seen:

NO ACCESS TO

     N Rolfe St
     N Rhodes St
     N Queen St

Those are the next three streets available at the next offramp east on 50, aka Arlington Boulevard, which starts just under 1,000 feet from the top of that offramp. The sign, apparently present since the reconstruction of this interchange in a less crash-inducing layout wrapped in 2014, is there to remind drivers that they have too little room to scoot from that left-lane onramp across three lanes of traffic to the right-lane exit.

Apple Maps and Google Maps, however, disagree despite presenting clear photos of this sign in their Look Around and Street View perspectives. Punch in driving directions from someplace west of that on-ramp to a location near that off-ramp, and these navigation apps will suggest this unwise routing as their first or second option.

I belated realized this error not because I was spot-checking directions in those apps, but because like a dope I followed Google’s advice—even though I should also know how to read big green signs by roads.

Realizing my mistake and Google’s led me to try to report the errant advice. But Google now makes that its own wayfinding adventure because you can’t report a problem in the Google Maps app for Android or iOS—you know, where you’d encounter incorrect directions in everyday use.

Instead, you have to recreate the directions in the desktop-Web version of Google Maps, click the “Details” link below the route and then click on the smallest text visible—the “Send Product Feedback” link at the bottom right corner—to see “Report a problem.”

To its credit, Apple Maps does let you flag incorrect routing in its iPhone app: Scroll down to the end of the faulty directions, tap “Report an Issue,” tap the step with the wrong turn, select the category of mistake, write your description and upload a photo if that can help make your case.

I’ve now done that in both Apple and Google Maps. But if this error really has lingered this many years, I’m not going to bank on getting a thank-you acknowledgment from either company next week. Or maybe ever.

#AppleMaps #Arlington #ArlingtonBoulevard #CourthouseRoad #drivingDirections #GoogleMaps #navigation #reportErrorAppleMaps #reportErrorGoogleMaps #signage #US50

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